She is a practitioner with 30 years’ experience in conflict and post-war settings with INGOs, the United Nations, the UK government and in an academic capacity.
She has been engaged in providing support to community-based mediation and exploring the role of artistic practice in conflict environments and peace processes for the Swiss FDFA.
She has worked at UNICEF HQ as Chief of Humanitarian Policy and Advocacy and with UNHCR for seven years on refugee protection.She was head of humanitarian policy in UNICEF, the UN Special Advisor on sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo,[1] and has also served as Director of the Office for Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.
For the UK Government Stabilisation Unit and (former) DFID Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs Department (between 2010–17) she worked in Kenya, Nigeria, DRC, South Sudan, Somalia and Nepal.
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